Newton Cannon

Newton Cannon (22 May 1781-16 September 1841) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-TN 5) from 16 September 1814 to 3 March 1817 (succeeding Felix Grundy and preceding Thomas Claiborne) and from 4 March 1819 to 3 March 1823 (succeeding Claiborne and preceding Robert Allen) and Governor of Tennessee from 12 October 1835 to 14 October 1839 (succeeding William Carroll and preceding James K. Polk).

Biography
Newton Cannon was born in Guilford County, North Carolina in 1781, and he moved to Williamson County, Tennessee in 1790, where he became a planter. He served in the General Assembly from 1811 to 1812, in the US House of Representatives from 1814 to 1817 and from 1819 to 1823, and as Governor from 1835 to 1839. He was the first Whig to be elected Governor of Tennessee, and he was known for his personal and political antagonism toward Andrew Jackson, dating back to his service in the Creek War, when Jackson intentionally placed Cannon in dangerous situations. He died in 1841 at the age of 60.